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Students explore coral reefs through class discussion, pictures, short films and other visual materials. They create their own 3-D model of a coral reef. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students define and describe internal waves and explain their influence on coastal upwelling. They analyze and discuss the effect of high nutrient concentrations caused by upwelling on the overall condition of Florida coral reefs. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students build a coral reef, then discover organisms that make up the ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students view live action on the Bermuda Coral Reef, then organize and explore what they are observing. They write a few sentences explaining the role of biodiversity in a coral reef ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students watch a slide show presentation of a Coral Reef and discuss its inhabitants. They make a coral reef cake demonstrating the layers and components using different foods. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the coral reefs around the Philippine Islands. They explore their seafood eating habits and discuss how to choose seafood which is more environmentally friendly. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain five ways that coral reefs benefit humans and identify three threats to the reefs. They investigate the phenomenon of "coral bleaching" while examining ways to reduce threats to coral reefs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students explore coral reefs by re-enacting different reef organisms. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students (teachers) use these set of lesson plans on corals. Each lesson intergrates information presented in the corals tutorial with data offerings from the corals roadmap to resources. These lesson plans focus on the biology of coral reefs and the roles they play in aquatic ecosystems, the benefits of coral reefs to humans, the major threats to coral reefs today, and how satellites are used to monitor and maintain the health of these fragile ecosystems. Full Review »